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How to make a paper flower. DIY colored paper flowers

The floral theme is undoubtedly everyone’s favorite in any form. Flowers are beautiful, both natural and artificial. They give positive emotions. They are given to both men and women, regardless of age. Flowers are used to decorate homes, clothes, dishes and other items.

But today we will talk about flower crafts that you can make with your children or on your own. Many ideas and instructions for making them can be gleaned from magazines or the Internet.

But, if you are a creative person and not deprived of imagination, you can show all your abilities by creating new original crafts - flowers.


Flower extravaganza - ideas for creativity

On the eve of spring, when nature begins to wake up, on the eve of Women's Day on March 8, together with your children you can create a paper applique called “Snowdrops on a thawed patch” and give it to your mother or grandmother for the holiday.

This idea is especially good for collective creativity in kindergarten. It's very easy to do. For work you will need: a white sheet of paper, colored paper, scissors and glue. Then cut out the stem and leaves from green paper, and snowdrop petals from blue paper.

Take a blank sheet and lay out the shape of the future flower on it, then glue all the elements to a sheet of paper. The flower is ready. On a sheet you can make an applique of several flowers in the form of a clearing.

Using origami technique

In addition to applique, flower crafts can be made using the origami technique. Create a whole bouquet and place it in a beautiful vase. And when, after some time, you get tired of it, just make a new one in a completely different image. A variety of photos of flower crafts will help you in this choice.

Beautiful do-it-yourself flowers using the origami technique can be different: daisies, roses, tulips, snowdrops, etc. They will perfectly decorate both an apartment and groups in children's institutions.

In addition, the development of motor skills in children is of great importance in their development. And the spring mood will be guaranteed for you every day.

Volumetric cards

Well, what would a holiday be without traditional greeting cards? Every child will be happy to give his beloved women a beautiful card with flowers. For example, with a cute sprig of mimosa, which can be easily created from ordinary yellow or colored napkins for originality.

For beginners making flower crafts, the step-by-step procedure is as follows:

  • prepare the necessary materials: mimosa template, green gouache, jar of water, brush, PVA glue, yellow paper napkins,
  • Roll hard round lumps from napkins, drip glue into the flower locations on a mimosa-shaped template and hide the lumps on top.

The mimosa sprig is ready.

DIY bouquet of roses

Made from corrugated paper, a bouquet of roses of different sizes will look very elegant and festive, and you can place a chocolate candy inside the buds.

After all, as you know, a rose is not only a beautiful, but also a noble flower. Such a bouquet of flowers will decorate any interior, refresh your mood and give positive emotions.


Spring tulips with a surprise

The youngest children can make crafts in the form of tulips by placing lollipop candies in the core of the buds. These truly spring flowers will delight any representative of the fair half of humanity. You can also make color handprints as an application. These will be the best flower-themed crafts for moms.

An interesting craft option is creating tulips from plastic spoons. The creative process includes the following stages:

  • first, plastic disposable spoons are painted in different colors: red, yellow, purple, etc. You can even mix them to get a new shade,
  • when the paint on the spoons has dried, you need to connect the spoons with the back side facing out, and wrap the handles with green paper, making a stem,
  • pour red beans inside a plastic cup and place the tulips you made in them,
  • Make the leaves for the tulips from satin, tie a bow from this ribbon on the stem.
  • Disguise the cup with a colorful postcard or a fragment of a magazine.
  • decorate any corner of the apartment with a ready-made flower.

Floral-themed crafts made using the iris folding technique will come in very handy. Diagrams and instructions for implementation can be found on the Internet and printed for ease of use. Or study a detailed master class on crafts on the theme of flowers using this technique.

Bouquet of callas

You can easily make crafts in the form of calla lilies, for which you will need ear sticks and cotton pads. Form a flower from the disks, and place half an ear stick inside, attach a wire stem and wrap it in green paper. The flower is ready.

Make several of them and you will get a whole bouquet. In addition, it can be an applique on paper, where the flowers will be voluminous, and the stem and petals will be flat, made of colored paper.

What else can you make a flower craft from? In principle, it is not difficult to make flowers from various materials. For example, wire, thread, beads, ribbons and even plastic bottles.

The main thing is the desire to do something with your own hands. In addition, children and other family members can be involved in the creative process, which is very useful for maintaining excellent family relationships and a warm atmosphere throughout the house. Create something beautiful and be happy!


Photos of flower crafts

Volumetric paper flowers are excellent decorations for the hall and room. Making them yourself is very easy, all you need to do is be patient. You can make flowers from regular colored or corrugated paper. To do this, it is enough to have the diagrams and templates that we offer on the site.

The Scarlet Flower

You can start a master class on making this craft with your own hands by choosing paper. This can be plain red or dark orange paper. If you can find a double-sided one, it will be even better.

A master class and step-by-step instructions on how to make a “scarlet flower” with your own hands will look like this:

  1. To make a “scarlet flower”, select a square blank as the base.
  2. Fold it in half and connect the corners.
  3. We also fold the side corners inward.
  4. Then we unfold the corners so that the double fold is visible.
  5. We connect the corners so that the folds are on the inside.
  6. We glue several of these blanks together and get a flower.
  7. You can use glitter or rain as the middle.

Several of these flowers can be combined into a bouquet and given to your loved ones. Look at the photo to see what this flower looks like.

Peony

Master class on how to make a peony out of paper with your own hands, you can start by preparing light A4 paper. Flowers can be made in different shades that you like, from white or light pink to dark red. In the latter case, it is better to choose double-sided colored paper. Such flowers are suitable both for decorating the hall and as a decorative element of the room.

The master class and step-by-step instructions on how to make a peony with your own hands look quite simple:

  1. Fold a sheet of paper like an accordion along its entire length.
  2. Fold it in half and tie it with a thread in the middle.
  3. Prepare a few more of these “accordions”.
  4. Tie the pieces perpendicular to each other, placing one layer on top of the other.
  5. The result should be a lush, voluminous flower.

You can see how it looks in the photo here

Other options

A master class on making flowers with your own hands can be carried out using special preparations. Templates and patterns for artificial flowers can be found in large quantities on the website.

The step-by-step instructions for making it yourself will look simple:

  1. Print the templates on a printer and transfer them to colored paper.
  2. Cut out the blanks.
  3. To make flowers with your own hands, just combine several blanks and fasten them in the shape of a flower.

A master class on how to make paper flowers with your own hands using templates is perfect for making wall decorations (flowers can be strung on a fishing line or thread and making a garland), artificial bouquets of daisies, camellias and other flowers with many straight petals. A flower garland will be an excellent solution for festive decoration of the hall.

This is what the master class looks like with step-by-step instructions and the finished flowers in the photo:

Corrugated paper

To make flowers from corrugated paper with your own hands, you need to take into account the characteristics of the material. This paper itself gives the product additional volume, but to enhance it you will need some tricks. Let's conduct a master class on how to make a tulip from corrugated paper.

  1. Cut a small piece of corrugated paper into a rectangular shape to fit the flower and slightly round the edges.
  2. To make the petal acquire a convex shape, you can slightly wet it (just a little so that the paper does not spread) and place it on the back of the tea cup.
  3. Let the paper dry. Do the same with all the petals.
  4. Prepare the stem. It can be made from a stick or thick wire wrapped in green crepe paper. As a center and to secure the petals, you can use a special base in the form of a semicircular mesh, as in the photo.
  5. Secure the corrugated paper petals to the stem or base so that there are no gaps between them.

This is what the step-by-step master class and the finished flower look like in the photo

Rose

The master class on making a rose is very similar to the instructions on how to make a tulip with your own hands. The differences will be in the shape of the petals and their preliminary preparation.


A master class on how to make paper flowers with your own hands, in a simplified form, is perfect for kindergarten or primary school. Children will not only develop fine motor skills, but also aesthetic taste and show creative interest. The flowers can then be used to decorate the classroom.

You can easily conduct such a master class at home. You just have to stock up on scissors, paper, glue and patience, and the skill will come with practice.

With the holidays approaching, many people are thinking about how to make a flower out of paper, because such a gift is truly unusual and will be remembered for a long time. These buds look incredibly touching, sweet, gentle, demonstrating the feelings of the giver. After all, to make it you had to make an effort, be patient, and invest a piece of your soul.

A paper flower is an ideal gift for your loved one’s birthday, February 14, March 8. Such bouquets look original as wedding bouquets - these buds certainly will not wither, retaining their beauty for many years. The good news is that even an inexperienced person can do such a thing, for example, a child under the guidance of a mother, grandmother, or kindergarten teacher.

Even the smallest preschool children can make simple flowers with their own hands, for example, in kindergarten or at home.

One of the simplest options is a three-dimensional flower made from glued strips, it is made like this:

Take: colored paper of your favorite colors (white, yellow, pink, red, orange), pencil, ruler, scissors, glue;

  • cut strips 4 cm wide, 21 long, eight pieces in total

  • bend them in half, cut off the corners by about 2-3 mm
  • tie a thread around the middle, carefully cut off the tails of the thread

  • Apply glue to the area near the middle, bend the edge of the top sheet to it, and precisely bend all the “petals”

  • secure the edge with clothespins until dry
  • After a few minutes, remove the clamps and straighten the flower.

Templates and patterns of volumetric paper flowers

It's easy to make buds using ready-made templates or patterns. All that remains is to trace the contours on paper, cut them out, fold them in a certain way, secure them with glue - and the craft is ready.


How to make a large flower from corrugated paper with your own hands to decorate a wedding hall

You can really make luxurious flowers yourself, with your own skillful hands; such crafts made from corrugated paper are especially beautiful (in childhood, we simply called it a reaper for its “crumpled” surface). For example, huge buds will be a very original, romantic decoration for a wedding photo area or the entire hall.

You need to prepare:

a roll of corrugated paper of two selected colors, one darker, the other paler, a glue gun, a tape measure, scissors, a circle cut out of cardboard;

They are made in this way:

  • take a light color, cut a strip 1 meter long, fold it in half, cut it 25 cm wide (in half a roll)

  • fold the strip in half three times, cut the sides, not cutting 5 cm to the edge

  • cut in half, also leaving 5 cm
  • we make sharp petals by cutting off the corners, we get a garland of flags

  • Using a large accordion, we roll up the garland, twist the roll, as if we were wrung out laundry first in one direction, then the other

  • unfold, stretch each sheet in the middle

  • Using a glue gun, glue the garland along the edge of the circle in the shape of a sun

  • We process the second strip exactly like this, gluing it along the edge of the “reaper”, trying to secure it in a checkerboard pattern compared to the first layer

  • take the second color, make strips - two 19 cm wide, one 12 cm wide, also 1 meter long
  • We fold one 19-centimeter strip as before, but do not cut it to the edge (not 5, but 4 cm), glue the garland inside the flower
  • just like that we glue the second row, the third - from a strip of a darker color, then again a light one

  • the fifth row is already stamens, for it we take a strip 12 cm wide, also fold it in half three times, but now we cut it not into two, but into three leaves, without cutting to the edge of 4 cm
  • the last 12-centimeter strip is folded in the same way, but about 2 cm is not cut, after compression, carefully unfold the garland and use hot glue to roll it up into a tube - this is the middle
  • if there is empty space left, then cut out more strips 12 cm wide

  • Lastly, we strengthen the middle with glue, pressing it against the cardboard
  • All that remains is to straighten the leaves - and the luxurious flower is ready.

A simple way to make a flower without glue

If you don’t have glue, it doesn’t matter, you can make these simple buds by cutting out petals from multi-colored paper and stringing them onto a cocktail tube. To prevent the layers from scattering later, all that remains is to slightly cut the edge of the tube, bending the resulting strips in different directions, simulating stamens.

Flower with candy for children

What child doesn't like sweets? What if you decorate it like a flower? Agree, not a single child will remain indifferent! And making a simple bud with a candy core is quite simple. Let's take a sunflower as an example.

Let's prepare:

  • corrugated paper, scissors, ruler, glue gun, piece of wire;
  • cut the header into strips 1.5 cm wide, divide it into 8 parts

  • Sharp petals are cut out of these pieces, each one is twisted with scissors, the tip is additionally curled upward
  • this is how about two dozen petals are performed
  • leaves of slightly smaller size are cut out of green material in the same way

  • You need to cut out a small circle from cardboard for the base (the size of a candy, a little larger)
  • should be painted over or covered with brown paper
  • A wire is attached to the cardboard with a glue gun, twisted into a ring at one edge for better fixation.

  • glue the petals to the base in a circle at the very edge, then the second row, closer to the center and adhering to the checkerboard order
  • Glue green leaves on the bottom
  • decorate the wire with green tape

  • glue the candy to the center of the sunflower.

Making a paper flower from napkins quickly and easily

A beautiful, lush bud can be easily made from a simple napkin - cheap, and most importantly - the base is almost always at home, you can experiment whenever your heart desires.

Take: 3 napkins, spread out to a rectangle, fold together, then fold like an accordion in increments of about a centimeter;

  • fold the strip in half and secure with thread
  • cut the ends with the letter “M”

  • flatten to create a circle
  • then carefully separate the layers of the napkin

  • this is how we get a lush peony.

Video on how to make a flower from A4 paper that blooms in water

Flowers can be not just static, they can... bloom. Surprisingly, this applies not only to living plants, but also to their paper counterparts. The secret is simple - when wet, the material returns to its shape and becomes even, but this experience looks really cool - not only a child, but even an impressionable girl on a date will be surprised. Try it!

Paper flower using origami technique for beginners

The origami technique is an ancient art that requires concentration, patience, and endurance. But almost anyone can master the simplest crafts. Probably all of us in childhood made such cups from sheets of a school notebook, various animals, boats, boxes. But origami offers more complex shapes, including flowers. Personally, as a child, I loved to make a tulip like this, sprinkle it with water, and then put it in a vase or give it to relatives.

The execution scheme is as follows:

Fold a sheet of A4 or another (but not too small) diagonally, cut off the excess, so we get a square

bend the square along the second diagonal, turn it over, fold it in half lengthwise, tuck the sides inward along the folds, we get a double triangle

fold the corners towards the middle, turn them over, repeat on the other side

we take the upper corners, connect them, turn the craft over so as to work with the sides previously hidden inside

We bring the corners to the middle with a slight overlap, tuck one into the other, repeat on the back side of the craft

carefully straighten the figure, inhale air into the hole at the bottom so that the tulip “straightens out”

All that remains is to beautifully straighten the petals and shape the stem from a skewer or wire.

How to make a paper bouquet for March 8 or a birthday

Creating a bouquet for a holiday, for example, name day or March 8, is quite simple, having mastered the techniques described above. For the composition, you can use paper flowers with candies or just self-created buds. All that remains is to fold them beautifully, wrap them with ribbon, wrap them with a special net, wrapping film, decorate them with beads, bows, ribbons - here everything is limited solely by personal imagination.

The easiest option for children is to take a sheet of green paper, fold it like an accordion, gather it at the bottom with glue or thread, and attach cut-out flowers of pink, white, red, yellow along the top edge. You will get such an impromptu bouquet.

A higher level is a bouquet of roses with a candy core, for which you need:

Take: glue gun, crumpled paper, scissors, round-shaped candies, bamboo skewers or wire;

  • string candies onto “stems” made of wire or bamboo

  • from the harvester, cut circles with a diameter of 5.5 cm (14 pieces) and 4.5 cm (12 pieces) for each bud
  • stretching the center to form petals
  • Attach petals around the candy with glue in a circle, first small, then large

  • cut out small leaves from green material and glue them to the bottom of the flower

  • decorate the stem with green tape or paper again

  • collect the required number of roses in a bouquet and tie with a satin ribbon.

Such crafts will definitely last longer than the usual 2-3 days, pleasing the eyes of everyone. Besides, you will agree that it will be more original than the usual bouquet from a flower shop. Choose what you like, experiment, try it, good luck! Check out our blog for more tips!

Although paper flowers will never replace the charm of real flowers, they can still be an excellent decoration for parties or as an addition to a gift. They're relatively easy to make, but you're always surprised by how subtle and graceful the results can be.

In this lesson I will show you several ways to make paper flowers with your own hands with unique step-by-step photographs using a variety of techniques. Paper flowers have become quite a trend over the past few years.

It’s incredible how “alive” some paper flowers can seem, and how beautiful “fantasy” flowers can be. However, what they will be like depends on the craftsman creating his own paper flower. Some may be large, others small. They can shine and sparkle and look almost natural...








How to make paper flowers with your own hands

Aster is a beautiful lush flower

To decorate any holiday, appropriate decorations may be required. Often these are flowers used to decorate a room. The easiest way to make such decorative elements is from paper. This master class shows how to create a lush flower, which can be of different sizes.

To make such a paper flower you need to take:

  • several sheets of colored paper (depending on the expected size of the finished craft);
  • scissors;
  • ruler;
  • pencil;
  • glue.

We cut out several squares of different sizes from paper. In our case, the largest is a square with a side of 13 cm, and the smallest is 6 cm.

Each of the cut out squares will be a subsequent layer of petals. We start making the flower with the largest square, fold it in half.

Then we make another fold in the transverse direction.

Now fold the resulting square diagonally.

Finally, we make another fold, folding the workpiece in half.

Using scissors, cut the edge into a semicircle.

We unfold our workpiece.

We cut with scissors between the petals, not reaching the center.

Use your fingers to make folds on each petal. This will add volume to our paper flower.

We do the same with the rest of the petal blanks.

We begin to connect them together using glue. To do this, we place a circle of smaller petals on top of the largest one.

In this way we connect all the petals.

For the center of the flower, you need to cut a strip of paper (about 2.5 cm wide) and fold it in half lengthwise. Then use scissors to make cuts along one edge with scissors, not reaching the other edge.

After this, we begin to twist the strip, periodically fixing it with glue.

This is how we formed the middle of the flower.

Glue it in the center of the flower.

Our lush paper flower is ready.

Paper water lily

Very cute and delicate craft.

Moderately complex, requiring accuracy and patience rather than special skills. A real find for those who like to use scissors.

For the craft we will need:

  • green cardboard;
  • blue single-sided paper;
  • yellow double-sided paper (just a little bit);
  • white sheet A4;
  • checkered notebook sheet;
  • green felt-tip pen;
  • pencil and eraser;
  • ruler;
  • scissors;
  • glue.

Shall we begin? We take a notebook piece of paper and draw on it a leaf of a water lily measuring approximately 14x12.5 cm. If you know how to draw, then you can skip this “intermediate” stage and draw directly on the cardboard. If not, no problem. We select a picture of a suitable size on the Internet (query: “water lily leaf coloring, drawing or picture”), place the notebook paper on the screen and carefully redraw it.

Cut out the workpiece.

We put it on the back side of the green cardboard and trace it.

Cut it out.

Take blue paper and cut off the corners, turning the rectangular sheet into an oval (the perfect shape is not required, so you can cut by eye). Glue the lily leaf as shown in the photo.

We cut stripes-waves, stopping a couple of millimeters from the sheet. You shouldn’t make them too thin - you’ll get tired of curling them and they’ll easily come off due to a bad move. The width shown in the photo is the minimum. You can make the strips much thicker, the craft will not suffer from this.

We curl the waves using scissors - the blade of the scissors is on the white side, the thumb is on the blue side.

Now let's decorate our leaf with a natural pattern. Draw a drawing with a pencil and color it. For coloring, I chose a felt-tip pen. Its main disadvantage is that it smudges a lot (this also depends on the cardboard) until it dries. When coloring, try not to touch the areas that have already been “traversed” with your hands. If you are left-handed, paint from right to left; if you are right-handed, do the opposite.

While our handsome leaf is drying, let’s take care of the main “decoration” - the lily. To do this, take a white A4 sheet, fold it in half twice and tear/cut it. We will get four identical rectangles.

Take one of them and fold it 2 times. Using a ruler and pencil, draw a petal 5 cm long (along the fold line).

We cut out, erase the pencil marks, lay out and bend the petals (more precisely, 2 of them) so that they are all “opened” in one direction.

We make another 5 cm and two 4 cm flowers.

Glue paper flowers.

Now you need to make the core of the lily. For this we need a small piece of yellow double-sided paper. We tear it into small pieces and crush them into balls (in the end I only needed 3).

Glue them to the center of the flower.

We've reached the finish line! All that's left to do is take the lily and glue it onto the leaf. Try to press it only in the center so as not to damage the volume of the petals and waves. Ready!

DIY large decorative flowers made from office paper

Crepe paper poppy flowers

In this master class we will make such bright and beautiful poppies from crepe paper.

Materials and tools:

  • corrugated or crepe paper in green and red;
  • black threads;
  • wire;
  • scissors;
  • glue gun with glue stick.

Cut a wide strip from a roll of red crepe paper.

Then draw a template of a poppy petal on a piece of cardboard and cut it out.

We apply it to the crepe strip and cut out the petals along the contour.

Without unfolding the petals, stretch their central part to form a depression.

We create poppy stamens from black threads. We wind 20-25 turns of thread around the index and middle fingers. We tie the turns in the center or clamp them with thin wire. Remove the resulting bow from your fingers and cut the ends of the loops.

Roll out the center of the poppy from a piece of green paper. Then we wrap a piece of black thread around the paper ball. We fix the intersection of the turns with a drop of hot glue.

Now glue the ball to the bunch of stamens and evenly straighten the tips around the pistil. The poppy core is ready.

Glue six petals to its bottom.

The first flower bud made from crepe paper is ready!

We form stems from the wire and wrap them tightly with a green crepe strip. We make leaves from the same paper.

Tulips are an unconditional symbol of spring and the favorite flowers of many women. Fortunately, nowadays you can buy tulips all year round. And some men are ready to present their loved ones with freshly cut flowers every day. But why throw so much money down the drain?

To have tulips in your home all year round, make them from paper. Very beautiful flowers are made using the origami technique.

For work you need the following materials:

  • a set of bright colored double-sided paper;
  • long wooden skewer;
  • scissors;
  • tube with PVA glue.

Take a sheet of bright colored paper, always double-sided. For example, a lilac shade.

We turn the corner to the opposite side and cut off the excess paper.

The result is a square (rhombus).

Fold it into a triangle again.

We unfold it to its original position.

Fold in half to form a rectangle.

We hide the corners inside.

It turns out to be such a small triangle. Place it with the top up.

Fold the bottom corners towards the top. First left, then right.

Then we turn our workpiece over to the other side and repeat the manipulations again.

We open the resulting figure so that the folds are in the middle.

At the bottom we place a corner that does not open, and at the top is one that has many corners. Bend the right and left corners towards the center so that they overlap.

We do the same process on the reverse side of the workpiece.

We insert these corners one into the other on both sides.

Cut off the bottom corner.

Holding the connections on both sides with your fingers, we inflate air into our paper flower.

It is now voluminous.

All that remains is to bend the top corners.

Here is a tulip bud.

Cut out an oval leaf from green paper.

We form a flower stem from a thin green strip of paper and a wooden skewer.

Use PVA glue to glue a leaf onto it.

And we fix the flower on top.

The tulip is ready!

Other options on our website - how to do it with step-by-step photographs.

3D origami flower

Iris using origami technique

Lotus using origam technique

Banknote flower

In this master class we will make a very simple, but lush and beautiful carnation from paper. It can be used to make holiday cards.

To make cloves you will need:

  • colored paper in red and green;
  • scissors;
  • glue;
  • ruler;
  • simple pencil.

This flower is made very simply and quickly, so you can make a lot of carnations in a short time. It is advisable to use red or pink paper.

First we need to add 12 identical modules. To do this, cut out 12 identical squares. In this case, their size is 5 by 5 cm, but you can cut out absolutely any squares. The larger the square, the larger the finished carnation will be.

We cut out 12 squares of red color and 1 square exactly the same, only green. It is needed to form the sepals at the bottom of the flower.

Take 1 square. We begin to fold the module. The main thing is to remember only once, all subsequent parts are added in the same way.

We will need to bend the square 3 times. First, bend it diagonally, forming a triangle.

Then bend it one more time. We will get a smaller triangle.

Now it is important to position the part correctly. We turn it so that the opening sides face to the left. Take the top right side and bend it back.

This completes 1 piece! It is very important that the last fold is on the right side. Otherwise, later we simply will not be able to collect the flower. So you need to make 11 more exactly the same red parts and 1 green one.

Now let's start collecting paper flowers. Take 1 piece and open it, bending the right side slightly back. This is the side that we folded at the end of each piece.

Now we need to insert the back part into the left side of the other module. A pocket is formed there from the first fold.

You can lightly coat the side with glue to help the parts stick better. And bend the right side of the first part back.

We will only have 2 red modules left. We assemble them and glue them on top of the part from the 4 modules below.

Now we take the green modules and glue its sides so that they do not puff up. Glue the parts on the bottom. This is a sepal.

The paper carnation flower is ready!

The blooming cactus is extremely beautiful! But because of the prickly needles, not many people grow cacti and you can only see them blooming in pictures. Let's make a cactus that will be both safe and very beautiful!

We will need:

  • Scissors;
  • PVA glue and stick glue;
  • A small round jar or container (for a flower pot);
  • Paper napkins (green, yellow/orange/red for the flower, burgundy or brown for the soil);
  • Stapler;
  • Decorative tape;
  • A small long box (for perfume or medicine).

Let's start "growing" the cactus! First, let's decorate the flower pot - attach a decorative ribbon to the jar. You can wrap it once or twice as you see fit.

Now take the green napkins and cut them into 4 parts. You can cut several napkins at once.

Let's start “growing” greenery on the trunk. Take the box and apply glue to it using a glue stick.

And then we glue the resulting “leaves” on all sides. You need to glue it tightly so that there is no gap. We leave some free space at the top – this is where the paper flower will be located. This is what a “cactus” looks like!

The flowers of the cactus are very bright and lush. Take 2-3 brightly colored napkins and connect them in the center using a stapler, crosswise. Let's draw a circle and cut it out.

Now we begin to crease the edges of the napkins towards the center, starting from the topmost circle. You should get such a lush flower!

We glue the flower to the place that we left empty on the trunk.

We use dark-colored napkins to make preparations for the soil, just as we did the greens.

Apply glue to the bottom of the pot, especially in the middle. First glue the cactus and then the soil around it.

Using a thin brush and white paint, you can mark the needles. This is such a beautiful cactus! Bright and not at all prickly!

Every day we come across different, at first glance, completely unnecessary things. But, if you think carefully and imagine that this is not just garbage, but a future work of art. So are cardboard egg cartons.

We buy eggs all the time, but the cartons seem unnecessary and go in the trash. But it is from them that many interesting things come out.

From these we will now try to make a wonderful picture with beautiful daffodil flowers.

To make a painting you will need:

  • one cardboard egg tray;
  • acrylic or other paints;
  • brush;
  • scissors;
  • glue in a pencil and silicone glue;
  • pencil;
  • green colored paper.

So, let's begin. Take an egg tray and cut it crosswise into two cells.

Now we cut out petals from each cell. As shown in the photo.

From one such mold you will get four petals. Out of the entire box, there will be eight colors for ten eggs. But you can not cut everything out, but make five colors.

In addition to the petals, you need to cut out as many small circles as there will be flowers. The petals will be glued to them. Also cut out five small petals. You can easily cut them out from the remains of the box.

Also, flowers need stamens. They can also be cut from any scraps. And cut with scissors into small strips. And also, the core. For it, you can cut off the top of the cell. And bend the edges with your hands so that the paper flower looks more like the original.

When all the parts are cut out, they need to be glued together. Glue six petals in a circle onto a small circle. There are just as many of them in a real narcissist.

The finished flowers are painted with acrylic paints. You can paint them with any shade, but so that they look like flowers.

While the painted flowers are drying, you need to cut out green leaves and grass from colored paper. Approximately as shown in the photo.

So the spring picture with paper daffodils is ready.

If you make a paper flower with your own hands, then such a masterpiece will delight your eyes for many years. Paper bouquets are similar to real inflorescences; they captivate people with the beauty of their shapes, elegance of lines and unique images of leaves and buds.

Materials for work

Creativity from paper improves imagination and sense of artistic style, and does not require any special materials or devices to work.

To create paper crafts you will need:

Additional tools you may need: wire, an awl, drinking straws or empty ampoules - to create stems; various beads, buttons, beads - to decorate the buds. To paint the compositions, various paints will be used. In some cases, a hole punch, colored ribbons, pieces of fabric and cardboard will come in handy.

Recently, special kits for making artificial flowers have appeared in stores, which contain the main components and step-by-step instructions with illustrations.

Origami flowers

You can create a paper flower with your own hands in the origami style, which consists only of folding various configurations. To make crafts using this technique, you will need multi-colored double-sided paper, a gluing agent and scissors.

To make the simplest model, you need to perform the following steps:

  • prepare a square piece of colored paper;
  • bend it diagonally on both sides until smooth edges are formed, and also make straight folds that result from folding the square in half;
  • bend one of the resulting vertices towards the center;
  • Perform the same actions with the three remaining corners;
  • Make folds on all folded triangles. To get them, you need to fold it, first forming a triangle on one edge, then smoothing it out, forming a fold on the other edge;
  • turn the product the other way;
  • bend the corners of the formed square;
  • unfold the workpiece again;
  • on the folds made earlier, which are on all the triangles bent to the center, certain actions must be taken. Make folds in the middle of the shapes and smooth out their edges;
  • do the same with the remaining triangles;
  • fold the corners and turn the future flower over again;
  • all corners look like flower petals. Straighten them;
  • turn it over again to the opposite side and bend the corners away from the center. These are the petals of the future masterpiece;
  • bend them diagonally, carefully stretching out these leaves;
  • For the resulting flower, you need to slightly sharpen the ends of the outer leaves by squeezing them with your fingers.

You can make such a creation from any color you like.

Flowers made of colored paper

Even children can easily and simply make artificial flowering plants from ordinary colored paper. There are many different methods, but it is worth paying attention to such simple techniques.

1st option:

2nd option:

Spiral-shaped paper gifts of flora can be used to decorate hand-made cards or decorate gift wrappings.

To make such paper flowers, you must follow the following sequence:

  • First of all, it is important to create a bud template. To do this, you should try to draw a spiral on a piece of paper of any color and cut out the workpiece exactly along the lines.
  • Carefully twist the entire resulting paper spiral, starting from the end point.
  • We form the stem and leaves from green paper.
  • Before starting to connect the individual parts of the creation, lightly straighten the spiral - this will help the flower open.

Corrugated paper flowers

To learn how to make flower crafts from corrugated paper you need:

  • trim the stem base to the desired length. Cover one edge of it with glue and wrap it with a narrow strip of yellow crepe paper. You will get a core;
  • take the original sheet of material of the desired color (red, burgundy), fold it 12 p. and cut out petals from it. From the resulting parts we form a bud: attach each piece to the stem using glue, lubricating the lower part with it. From time to time you can thicken the bud by wrapping the leaves with yellow paper;
  • when all the parts form a single whole, wrap them with a green strip of crepe, and at the same time twist the stem at once.

In addition to this method, there are others, any of which is suitable for the production of a specific composition. For example, it is recommended to use previously rolled paper strips.

The main thing is to show imagination and diligence when assembling.

Paper napkin flowers

Graceful flowering plants can be made from ordinary napkins. Very simple production helps to attract children to this activity. Paper napkins, which have one or more layers, can turn into different types of flora. You just have to choose the right scheme and color scheme.

You can learn this technique using the example of a lush flower. It is better to use dense material, because it retains its shape well, and the folds on the folds are well defined. You will need 5 napkins for one product. To increase the splendor, you can use from 7 to 10 pieces, but it is advisable to make the blanks of different sizes. Craftsmen advise alternating material of different colors.

Manufacturing instructions:

  • To form a flower from paper, you need to cut the edges of the raw material with your own hands into a semicircle or rounded triangle. Next, you need to give each napkin an accordion shape, fastening it in the middle with a strong thread. Then trim the ends a little, making them uneven, to give a ragged effect;
  • collect each inflorescence into a single composition, putting them together and fixing them at the ends of the threads;
  • for the density of the masterpiece, the base of the leaves should be glued or tied with braid;
  • If desired, you can attach a ring made of the base material to the back of the product, which will serve to hold a table napkin or cutlery.

Paper flowers using quilling technique

Paper flowers made in the quilling style are extremely popular and look impressive and beautiful, especially if made by yourself. They can be used to decorate holiday packaging, boxes, photo frames, and greeting cards. The technique is simple, but it requires patience and time.

This technique can also be called “paper twisting,” since it involves twisting oblong paper strips of different structures.

Stripes made from pearlescent, shiny or matte raw materials will look impressive.


The simplest manufacturing technology is as follows:

There are many ways to create compositions using the quilling method. The main thing is to have a diagram that has the contours of the image and the details that fill it. It is better for beginners to gain experience by performing light patterns.

What kind of paper can be used to make flowers?

Floral arrangements, both voluminous and the simplest, can be created from simple office sheets, not only pure white, but also colored.

  • Types of paper that can be used to make flowers:
  • corrugated;
  • kraft paper;
  • packaging;
  • newspaper, suitable for making bouquets in a printing house;
  • sheet music that will be an excellent solution for decorating a music classroom;
  • geographic Maps;
  • cosmetics catalogues;
  • used writing paper;
  • magazines;
  • tracing paper;
  • graph paper;
  • multi-colored foil;
  • material painted with different banknotes;
  • parchment;

cigarette

Decorations made from colored paper baskets will look stylish in children's institutions.

Chamomile


How to make chamomile:

  • If you make chamomile in the quilling style, you should:
  • make paper strips 3 cm wide in white, yellow and green colors;
  • to obtain a drop-shaped shape, you need to slightly pinch the petal on one side;
  • secure the ends of the strips with glue. For splendor, you will need a lot of such droplets.
  • We make the middle of the future flower from a yellow blank. On one side, cuts are made as thickly as possible on the fringe strips. Then we roll it up into a spiral. Attach the petals to the reverse side;
  • Make a stem from corrugated material, winding it evenly around the rod. Attach a flower to one of the ends of the resulting blank.

Rose

Making a paper rose flower with your own hands is not at all difficult:


To create a bouquet you will have to make many of these blanks. Choose the color of the paper as desired.

Aster

Several options for its manufacture are offered.

1st method:


2nd method (basket of asters):

  • for the base, cut out the foam of the required size and insert it into the cake box;
  • secure the candies to toothpicks with tape;
  • make 6 strips measuring 25x7 cm from corrugated paper and fold them lengthwise 4 times;
  • make cuts in the form of teeth on one edge;
  • round off the fringed ends with scissors, and stretch the solid edge, giving it a rounded shape;
  • wrap the candy structure with the resulting blank, so that the cloves are inside, and connect with tape at the bottom;
  • thus wind 2 more pieces. paper strip;
  • screw the next three edges with curled teeth outward;
  • make a sepal from green raw materials, with the ends rounded;
  • wrap the toothpicks in green corrugation, securing with glue and wrap the bud with a sepal, also gluing them together;
  • Decorate the box with corrugated material and stick the created flowering plants into the foam.

Tulip

To make a tulip using corrugated paper you will need skill, because the work you have to do is delicate.

These spring gifts of nature are created as follows:

  • first of all, you need to make a cardboard blank for the petals, and use it to cut out the required number of them (6-7 for one flower);
  • then you should begin to form the pistil and stamens. Select a medium-gauge wire and wrap a 5 cm piece with black or brown corrugated paper - you will get a stamen, to which you attach one leaf with glue;
  • take a small wire and wrap a piece 4 cm wide in white paper. It is necessary to create a couple of such blanks and cut them in half. Lay them out in the form of a cross and glue them to the petal;
  • Using this technology, prepare more stamens;
  • tie all the stamens and pistils made with white thread;
  • form a bud by attaching the remaining petals to the wire;
  • you can use a larger wire and secure the bud on it with a thread;
  • wrap green thread around the entire stem. Make leaves out of paper and glue them to the bottom.

Candy tulips look beautiful. To make them you will need small round candies in foil. They should be wrapped in corrugated material and attached to a wire, to which the petals of the expected bud will then be glued.

Peony

To create your own peony flower from corrugated paper you need:


If you use many different colors, you will get a lush, attractive peony. For example, taking 7-8 shades, make a gradual transition from a light tone to a darker color. To create the finished look of a flower, during the process of forming a bud, place green corrugated paper in the very bottom layer.

How to make a garland of paper flowers

Flowers for the garland can be made in small or large sizes. Small items are combined into garlands that decorate any part of the room.

To make a paper flower garland you should:

  1. Cut out a flower template from cardboard and use it to make an even number of paper elements. Choose the color scheme based on the theme of the celebration.
  2. Take the fishing line and straighten it. Next, glue the two parts together so that the connecting thread is located in the middle. We go to the end along the entire length of the base, after which we tie a ring at each end of the fishing line, with the help of which the garland will be attached to the holders.
  3. It is advisable to place the flowering elements with an interval of 3 cm from one another.

If desired, you should use stencils with complex patterns. The main thing is to carefully and evenly make paired parts.

Making flower bouquets

Flower bouquets are often made using candy.

To make a simple flower, you need to cut out a rectangle of corrugated paper measuring 9x8, cut off the bottom corners, and give the top corners a rounded shape. Then stretch the resulting part from the middle and wrap it around a round candy, which was previously connected with tape to a skewer. You will get a closed bud. Secure it at the bottom with thread.

For an unblown bouquet, you will have to make many of these blanks and fasten them together. To make the blooming flowers, prepare 8 3x8 pieces for each craft.

Do it in the same way as the previous version, only stretch it in the center and on top. Using a thin stick, bend the slightly cut ends in the other direction. The petal will look like a real one.

To obtain an open flower, glue new petals to the blank with a closed bud. Place each next one on the previously glued leaf. To form the trunk, take a 6x8 piece of paper, which you then cut into the shape of a fence. Then twist the cut parts and glue them to the flower base.

Blooming balls for decoration

You can make not only a paper flower, but also a real flower ball with your own hands. They are good for decorating a room, both for a holiday and on a weekday.

The easiest way is to make a ball using regular napkins.

This craft is fun to make together with your child. To do this, you need to crumple the old newspaper into a tight ball and rewind it with woolen thread. This will be the foundation. Then fold the paper napkin into 4 layers and fasten the middle with a stapler. Using scissors, round off the ends of the square and press them to the center in layers. Glue the resulting roses to the previously prepared newspaper.

The resulting composition can be decorated with beads, colored paper leaves and placed in a vase or attached to the ceiling with a ribbon. Another type of balls can be made from corrugated paper. First, make a round base for the future composition. It is necessary to inflate a balloon of the required size and wrap it with thick thread, pre-impregnated with PVA.

After drying, pierce the ball with a needle and remove it from the thread frame. Then glue the resulting frame to a suitable stand (pot, flowerpot). If the product will be hung, attach a ribbon to the base, forming a loop from it. Cut the sheet of corrugated source material into pieces measuring 3-4 cm by 30-40 cm.

Stretch the resulting strips by hand from one edge, then roll them into a roll from the other and rewind them with thread. Glue the created roses to the prepared base with the knitted side. Fill the entire area of ​​the frame with blanks.

There are a lot of ways to create paper flowers with your own hands. You just need to choose the option you like and, of course, try it. After all, a composition made with love by one’s own hand will never fade and will bring positivity and joy.

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